On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 03:09:07PM +1200, James Pluck wrote:
I use Thunderbird extensively. I'm sure you are aware many of the account config options for Thunderbird are only available once the account is set up - things like altered ports, ssh, etc are all only configurable by right-clicking an existing account and choosing properties.
Assuming you meant ssl instead of ssh :) This is something that seems to frequently be the problem - Thunderbird (and other popular clients like Outlook Express on windows) don't give you the option to use SSL connections in the Account Setup Wizard - you have to go into advanced options after setting up an account. I've often wondered why email clients don't just ask you for your mail server's name (or even try to guess automatically based on your domain name or MX record) and then automatically try connecting via IMAP/SSL POP/SSL SMTP/SSL etc and work it out itself, instead of expecting end users to know all the technical details... John